Leslie Banks - Actor Profile

Leslie Banks

34Movies
7.2 Best Rating

Biography

Leslie Banks, CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Banks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Top Rated Movies

★7.2
Went the Day Well? (1942) movie poster
★7.2

Went the Day Well? — The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt Engl

Went the Day Well?

1942•War
★6.9
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) movie poster
★6.9

The Most Dangerous Game — When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himse

The Most Dangerous Game

1932•Thriller
★6.9
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939) movie poster
★6.9

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery — During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

1939•Mystery
★6.8
Cottage to Let (1941) movie poster
★6.8

Cottage to Let — Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests

Cottage to Let

1941•Thriller
★6.8
Sons of the Sea (1939) movie poster
★6.8

Sons of the Sea — The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may

Sons of the Sea

1939•Drama

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1975 Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Self (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1950 Your Witness Col. Roger Summerfield ★ 6.0 FLOP
1950 Madeleine James Smith ★ 6.7 HIT
1949 The Small Back Room Col. A. K. Holland ★ 6.7 HIT
1947 Mrs. Fitzherbert Charles Fox ★ 6.0 FLOP
1945 The True Glory Commentator ★ 6.3 FLOP
1944 Henry V Chorus ★ 6.6 HIT
1942 Went the Day Well? Oliver Wilsford ★ 7.2 HIT
1942 The Big Blockade Taylor ★ 6.0 FLOP
1941 Ships with Wings Vice Adm. David Wetherby ★ 4.0 FLOP
1941 Cottage to Let John Barrington ★ 6.8 HIT
1940 Neutral Port George Carter ★ 6.0 FLOP
1940 The Door with Seven Locks Dr. Manetta ★ 6.1 FLOP
1940 Busman's Honeymoon Inspector Kirk ★ 5.8 FLOP
1940 Dead Man's Shoes Roger de Vetheuil ★ 6.0 FLOP
1940 21 Days Together Keith Durrant ★ 6.1 FLOP
1939 Sons of the Sea Capt. Hyde ★ 6.8 HIT
1939 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery Anthony Slade ★ 6.9 HIT
1939 Jamaica Inn Joss Merlyn ★ 6.1 FLOP
1938 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac ★ 0.0 FLOP
1937 Fire Over England The Earl of Leicester ★ 6.2 FLOP
1937 Wings of the Morning Lord Clontarf ★ 6.1 FLOP
1937 Farewell Again Col. Harry Blair ★ 5.0 FLOP
1936 Debt of Honour Maj. Jimmie Stanton ★ 0.0 FLOP
1936 The Three Maxims Mac ★ 0.0 FLOP
1935 The Tunnel Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins ★ 5.3 FLOP
1935 Sanders of the River R.G. Sanders ★ 5.7 FLOP
1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much Bob Lawrence ★ 6.5 HIT
1934 The Night of the Party Sir John Holland ★ 5.4 FLOP
1934 Red Ensign David Barr ★ 5.6 FLOP
1934 The Fire Raisers Jim Bronton ★ 5.0 FLOP
1933 I Am Suzanne! Adolpe 'Baron' Herring ★ 6.2 FLOP
1932 The Most Dangerous Game Count Zaroff ★ 6.9 HIT
1921 Experience - ★ 0.0 FLOP